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Law 4 – The Players' Equipment
Safety
A player must not use equipment or wear anything that is dangerous to himself or another player (including any kind of jewellery).
Jewellery
All items of jewellery are potentially dangerous. The term “dangerous” can sometimes be ambiguous and controversial, therefore in order to be uniform and consistent any kind of jewellery has to be forbidden.
Players are not allowed to use tape to cover jewellery. Taping jewellery is not adequate protection.
Rings, earrings, leather or rubber bands are not necessary to play and the only thing they can bring about is injury.
